What a bill!

Transparency in transactions should be

In my opinion, an absolute necessity

All give and take is based on trust, is it not?

At a fair price, goods and services should be bought..

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Why is transparency so complicated

In healthcare, where costs are calculated

In complex convoluted ways that can

Be harder to comprehend than CT scans

The bills for services sent to your address

After a medical encounter can cause more stress

Than the original illness, the financial toxicity

That you incur could more noxious be

Than the underlying health condition

Which could be managed by your physician

You get bills with figures in the stratosphere

That cause worse anxiety and fear

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Transparency in healthcare costs is a pressing need

Patients have a right to understand their bills indeed

Sick and vulnerable patients should not be

Sacrificial lambs for corporate greed